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At night, at the top of Jiangling City, Liu Jing held the battlements and looked at the West silently. The curtain of the expansion of the West finally opened, and he couldn't help but feel a little nervous. He was like a huge warship. Once the warship was shipped, he could only follow the warship forward and cut the waves.

Once his strategy was completed, it would form a half-encirclement state of the Central Plains. He took the strategic initiative against Cao Cao. When Cao's army went south, he advanced from Guanzhong east, Cao's army advanced west, and he went north from Jingzhou, making Cao's army lose sight of each other.

The key is that there is another force of Ma Chao. If Cao Cao is used to eliminate this Guanlong cancer for him, he will have to think about it again.

At this time, Jiang Wan slowly walked to him and bowed and smiled, "Is the governor of the state worried about Sima Yi?"

"I'm a little worried. After all, Bashu is full of talents. Zhuge Liang can see through our strategy. I think someone inside Bashu will see through it."

"But what can I do if I see through it? The strength of both sides is here. Can Liu Zhang stop us from moving westward?"

Jiang Wan paused and said, "Actually, I think internal stability is more important than the western expansion strategy. I hope that the provincial governor will not visit the outside world and forget the inside."

Liu Jing looked back at him and smiled, "I would like to hear it carefully."

Whether it is for heavyweight counselors and aides like Jia Xu, Xu Shu, Sima Yi, or Jiang Wan, Dong Yun, Zhou Buyi, Liu Min, and Liao Li, how can they realize their ambitions and turn their thoughts into the thoughts of their lord Liu Jing? This is for each of them.

Jiang Wan also has his own thoughts, but he does not have the status of Jia Xu and Sima Yi, and does not have the opportunity to instill in Liu Jing at all times. Today, Jiang Wan unexpectedly got an opportunity.

He pondered for a moment and said, "I think the key to internal stability is to establish a force group that is not limited to the region. Now we have already appeared the forces of Jingzhou. The governor of the state will face Bashu west and encounter the forces of Bashu. Then he goes north to Hanzhong and Guanzhong, and then encounter the forces of Guanzhong. These forces have their own interest demands, and these interest demands must be related to their own regions. Therefore, to control the overall situation, there must be a force group that does not pay attention to the region. They have the world in mind and will advance and retreat with the governor of the state."

Liu Jing nodded, "I agree with your local forces. In fact, I have already encountered them. When Jiang Xia moved to Xiangyang, I encountered great resistance, so how to balance these forces is a lot of thought."

Jiang Wan smiled and said, "In fact, as long as you master the principles, you will have a solution."

"What principle?" Liu Jing asked with interest.

"Can the governor of the state listen to me and tell a story?"

Liu Jing laughed and said, "Please say it, I'll listen carefully."

Jiang Wan pondered for a moment and said slowly: "During the Spring and Autumn Period, Lu State had a law: If the people of Lu saw their compatriots being sold as slaves in foreign countries, as long as they were willing to pay for the redemption of the people, then after returning to Lu State, the country would give them compensation and rewards. This law has been implemented for many years, and many people of Lu who were wandering in foreign lands were saved and returned to their hometown.

Gong's family was rich and very rich. Once, when he went abroad to do business, he redeemed many people from Lu, but refused the compensation from Lu because he was not short of money and was willing to share the financial burden of redeeming people for the country.

After Kong learned about it, he not only disapproved the tribute, but criticized the tribute on the contrary. Kong said: Everything in the world is just the word "righteousness and profit". The original law of Lu State wanted to establish a word "righteousness" in people's hearts. As long as everyone can feel compassion when they see their compatriots in distress, as long as he is willing to redeem his compatriots and bring them back to his country, he will complete a good deed.

Afterwards, the country will give him some remedies and rewards so that the person who does good deeds will not suffer losses and will be praised by everyone. In the long run, more and more people will be willing to do good deeds, so this law is a good deed.

What you do in tribute seems to be noble virtue, but it enhances everyone's demand for righteousness. In the future, those who go to ask for money from the country after redeeming people may not receive any praise from everyone, but may even be criticized by the Chinese people, asking them why they cannot share the country's worries like tribute, and these people will give up redeeming the people of Lu who are in trouble.

The facts later were indeed as Kong expected, and many people from Lu who were in trouble could no longer return to their hometowns.

From this story, we can see Kong's wisdom and understanding. He can understand the common sense and common feelings of people's hearts. He is definitely not as stereotyped, paranoid, unfaithful, and false as corrupt scholars."

Liu Jing nodded, "This story is very well told, but what does it have to do with solving the demands of local forces?"

"It is very important to common sense, common sense, and common feelings. People have compassion. This is common sense. They will sympathize with their compatriots. If they do good deeds, the country should reward and compensate. This is common sense, and they cannot blindly ask them to pursue noble morality. Similarly, those who do good deeds will also accept compensation with peace of mind. This is common sense. As long as the state patriarch remembers this principle, they can reasonably and appropriately solve the requirements of local forces."

"But how to grasp this?" Liu Jing asked with a smile again.

Jiang Wan thought for a while and said, "The so-called "in fact, it is not high or low. For example, it is not advisable to pursue morality as high as possible. Similarly, morality is not enough. If the reward for saving people in Lu State is too heavy, some greedy businessmen will find it profitable and deliberately sell people to neighboring countries in order to get a heavy reward, which will also lead to moral degradation. Therefore, the key is to mean, not to be left or right, and be good at compromise. This is the correct way to govern the country."

Jiang Wan's reasoning made Liu Jing very much agree. In the position of state governor, Liu Jing has a deep understanding of this balance of interests, the dispute between interests between Jiangxia and Xiangyang, the dispute between interests between aristocratic families and official powers, the dispute between interests between military generals and officials, the dispute between interests between local groups such as Huang Zhong and foreign groups such as Wei Yan, Gan Ning, and the dispute between interests between Jingzhou and Bashu in the future.

Jiang Wan’s suggestions are undoubtedly a kind of thinking, either high or low. As long as he grasps this principle of mean, he can handle the interests of various factions well. Thinking of this, Liu Jing bowed to Jiang Wan and said sincerely: "Liu Jing remembers Gongyan’s suggestions in his heart."

Just as Jingzhou was making a big march towards Shangyong County, Sima Yi also arrived in Chengdu. This was his first time in Chengdu. He negotiated with Liu Zhang on the order of Liu Jing and clearly asked Liu Zhang to send troops to Hanzhong.

In the inner hall of the provincial governor's palace, Liu Zhang's expression was a little unnatural. Sima Yi's request came suddenly, which made him unprepared for a while. After hearing Sima Yi's request, he said after a while: "Since I promised to do my part to the northern expedition of Hanzhong in Jingzhou, of course I will keep my word, but our agreement is very clear. It should be the attack on Hanzhong next spring, why did it be a year ahead of time?"

Huang Quan, a new Yizhou who was accompanying him, also said: "And it was said that the two states and governors met first in the spring. Jingzhou only attacked Jingnan in the second half of the year, but Jingzhou launched a battle against Jingnan at the beginning. How to arrange the plan for the meeting between the two states and governors?"

Sima Yi said with a solemn expression: "The reason why I decided to attack Liu Bei on the second day of the first lunar month is because we received the news of the death of Gong Liu Qi. Gong Qi is the head of the former governor and the master of Jingnan. He died bizarrely. We need to give an explanation to the military and civilians of Jingzhou. At the same time, we do not allow Liu Bei to take the opportunity to steal Jingnan, so my lord made a quick decision and launched a military attack, as for Hanzhong."

Speaking of this, Sima Yi's tone became colder, "About Hanzhong, the news we received was that Zhang Lu knew the plan of the Jingzhou Army, and took the initiative to attack Shangyong, a strategic city. My lord hoped that the governor of the Zhou Dynasty would give an explanation. Who leaked the plan of the Jingzhou Army's northward to Zhang Lu. You promised me that you would never reveal the secret. What should you say now?"

Sima Yi's stern tone made Liu Zhang a little embarrassed. In fact, he knew in his heart that it must be Wu Yi, Zhang Ren and others who secretly leaked the secret to Zhang Lu, which led to Zhang Lu taking the initiative, but how could he explain it?

Liu Zhang pretended to be surprised and asked Huang Quan, "Is there any such thing in the envoy Huang? Who did this?"

Huang Quan immediately stood up and said, "I don't know anything about it. There were many people at that time, with ministers and many guards present. I need time to check it."

Liu Zhang immediately understood Huang Quan's meaning. If it really doesn't work, he could find a guard to take the blame. This is a solution, but his attitude still needs to be shown. Liu Jing shouted sternly: "Investigate it immediately, and you must find out the matter. Those who leak the secret must be severely punished."

Liu Zhang smiled at Sima Yi again and said, "Sima Military Advisor, please calm down. We will investigate this matter strictly to the end and give Jingzhou an explanation."

Sima Yi looked slightly slower and said, "As for the meeting between the two states, we can put it in the second half of the year. After our two families defeated Zhang Lu, we will celebrate the brotherhood. In addition, my lord also agreed that as long as Yizhou sends troops, according to the agreement between the two sides, we will immediately return Jianping County to Yizhou. When Hanzhong is conquered, we will return Yidu County and we will never breach the contract."

Liu Zhang smiled and nodded, "There is no problem at all, but I need to discuss the specific details with the minister. Please ask the Sima Military Advisor to take a good rest for two days, and I will reply soon."

After seeing Sima Yi off, Liu Zhang asked Huang Quan: "Do you think someone of us has really leaked the secret?"

Huang Quan nodded, "Zhang Ren and Zhang Lu have old age, and I think he is the most likely."

Liu Zhang snorted coldly. At this time, Liu Xun said carefully: "Father, I feel that this seems to be an opportunity for us to seize Hanzhong. Hanzhong County, we can give Weixing County to Liu Jing, and let him go north to Guanzhong from there, and we will occupy Hanzhong and Wudu."

"Dream, will Liu Jing give us Hanzhong?"

After angrily scolding her absurd thoughts, Liu Zhang asked Huang Quan again, "What do you mean by others?"

Huang Quan smiled sinisterly and said, "Actually, the idea of ​​Weichen is the same as Xun Gong. We can use this opportunity to seize Hanzhong, and at the same time take back Jianping County and Yidu County, so that Liu Jing can be wiped out."

"But in this way, we are careless and will be caught by Liu Jing," Liu Zhang said anxiously.

Huang Quan shook his head, "Justice is actually not important. The two countries fight, interests come first."

"Father, Huang Biejia is right and cannot believe Liu Jing's promise. We must rely on ourselves to fight for the greatest interests of Bashu."
Chapter completed!